This a reply to the previous post. 1. The maximum stop ( daily ) I will use is 10% of my entire account. I use a fairly small trading account (...
Thanks Chris your addition to this thread is hugely appreciated. AllenZ
Personally I trade the minis. QQQ's can be traded via options, futures or the actual stock. I choose futures due to the leverage and better...
Currently I am only trading 2-5 contracts depending on some personal factors. If anyone would like me to post a days trading statement or a chart...
Thought i would give a little update since yesterday was one of the most frustrating days I have had in awhile. Today was simply wonderful,...
I use Real Tick charts and did manual back tests for past few months. For data prior to that i had another trader in the room do some work. I...
Today was flat out not my day. I have been in a pretty nice win cluster the past few weeks came to an end today. Not a huge down day but just a...
Vulture awesome repsonse I discuss this a little in this thread. http://www.elitetrader.com/vb/showthread.php?threadid=6128 I invite you to...
Support and Resistance
After tuesday or Wednesday i generally do an update of my weeks performance to see if I am on track for the week or if i am skewing away from the...
I really want to thank you all for keeping this thread going many people here on Elite ask all the time for experienced traders to give some...
Great question!! I did some extensive research on chart patterns. I set out to look for patterns that I could easily recognize and had clear...
AAAinthebeltway- My system is not a scalp system for the mini's as i look for 6-12 points moves which is not scalping to me. I look for 3-5...
By looking at my trades last week I formulated some thoughts for the coming week: 1. Reduce scalp trades from 56 to 45-50. 2. Last weeks...
I must admit I don't look at any chart shorter than a 3 min and most of my entries are based of the 30 or 60min charts. I look at a 3min with...
ddefina some very interesting information there as far as performance by time of day. I have found that I tend to do poorest late in the day after...
This thread is here for traders to post their trading plans or questions on how to develop them. If you don't have a trading plan try to sit and...
Trader88- The QQQ and the futures trade pretty much in lock step except for fast markets when they can lag by a few seconds or so. There...
This thread is my way to attempt to help newer traders who are looking to trade the mini's. I am not here to give setups, just to offer some help...
I trade at home and would not have it any other way. Many people I know need the discipline of trading at a firm with no distractions or comforts...
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